1 SHUBENACADIE RIVER
Total Distance: 67 km
Time of Year: Spring through fall
Start Point: Micmac Lake (Dartmouth)
Finish Points: East side of highway bridge at Shubenacadie
NTS Sheet : 11D12, 11D13, 11D14, 11E03
2 LISCOMB RIVER
Total Distance: 76 km
Time of Year: Spring or following heavy runoff
Start Point: East end Prince Arthur Lake or a number of points between
Finish Points: Highway 7 at Liscomb Mills
NTS Sheet : 11E01
3 MUSQUODOBOIT RIVER
Total Distance: 74 km
Time of Year: Any time from Elderbank downstream - above in spring only
Start Point: Upper Musquodoboit
Finish Points: before rapids below Bayer Lake
NTS Sheet: 11D14, 11E02 and 11E03
4 MARGAREE RIVER
Total Distance: 30.5 km
Time of Year: Spring, fall and following heavy runoff
Start Point: North end of Lake Ainslie at Scotsville
Finish Points: Margaree Harbour
NTS Sheet: 11K03 and 11K06
5 SISSIBOO RIVER
Total Distance: 54 km
Time of Year: Anytime except dry summers
Start Point: North end of Jolly River
Finish Points: Power dam at Sissiboo Falls
NTS Sheet: 21A05
6 RIVER HEBERT RIVER
Total Distance: 27 km
Time of Year: Spring until early June check water level at Ranger Station after June 1.
Lake north of Jeffers
Finish Points: Junction Atkinson Brook and the main river
NTS Sheet : 21H08 and 21H09
7 MOLEGA & PONHOOK LAKES
Total Distance: Varied routes
Time of Year: Rivers in spring or following heavy runoff
Start Point: many combinations, see maps
Finish Points: As above
NTS Sheet : 21A07
8 SILVER RIVER (BARRIOS RIVER)
Total Distance: 27.5 km
Time of Year: Spring, fall and following heavy runoff
Start Point: 4 km above Barrios Lake
Finish Points: Bridge at North Kemptville
NTS Sheet: 21A04
9 NAPIER - TUSKET RIVER
Total Distance: 32 km
Time of Year: Spring, fall and following heavy runoff
Start Point: Junction of Moose Lake Road and Napier River
Finish Points: Bridge at Napier River
NTS Sheet: 21A04
10 ANNAPOLIS RIVER
Total Distance: 80 km
Time of Year: Spring, fall and following heavy runoff
Start Point: Kingston
Finish Points: Campground at causeway
NTS Sheet: 21A14 and 21A15
11 GRAND RIVER
Total Distance: 35 km
Time of Year: Spring, fall and following heavy runoff
Start Point: Lake Uist
Finish Points: Grand River
NTS Sheet: 11F10
12 STEWIACKE RIVER
Total Distance: 50 km
Time of Year: Rivers in spring or following heavy runoff
Start Point: Bridge at Upper Stewiacke
Finish Points: Bridge at Stewiacke East
NTS Sheet : 11E02 and 11E03
13 ST MARY'S RIVER
Total Distance: 53 km
Time of Year: Rivers in spring or following heavy runoff
Start Point: Bridge at Caledonia
Finish Points: Bridge at Sherbrooke
NTS Sheet : 11E01, 11E08 and 11F04
14 KEJIMKUJIK NATIONAL PARK
Total Distance: Information Available from Parks Canada
Time of Year: Information Available from Parks Canada
Start Point: Information Available from Parks Canada
Finish Points: Information Available from Parks Canada
NTS Sheet : Information Available from Parks Canada
15 LAKE ROSSIGNOL RIVER
Total Distance: Varied routes
Time of Year: Spring through fall
Start Point: For suggestions see Canoe maps
Finish Points: as above
NTS Sheet : 21A06, 21A07, 21A08, 21A02
GRADE I
Very Easy. Waves small and regular; passage clear, sand banks, artificial difficulties like bridge piers, riffles.
GRADE II
Easy. Rapids of medium difficulty with passage clear and wide; low ledges; spray deck useful.
GRADE III
Medium. Waves numerous, high, irregular; eddies; rapids with passages that are clear though narrow, requiring expertise to maneuver; inspection usually needed; spray deck needed.
GRADE IV
Difficult. Long rapids, waves powerful, irregular; dangerous rocks; boiling eddies; passage difficult to reconnoiter; inspection mandatory first time; powerful and precise maneuvering required; spray deck essential.
GRADE V
Very Difficult. Extremely difficult. Long and very violent rapids, following each other almost without interruption; riverbed extremely obstructed; big drop; violent current; very steep gradient, reconnoitering essential but difficult.
GRADE VI
Extraordinarily Difficult. Difficulties of Grade V carried to the extreme of navigability. Nearly impossible and very dangerous. For teams of experts only. At favourable water levels and after close study with all precautions
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